Tuesday, February 8, 1977
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Tuesday, February 8, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
LATE SURGE WINS IT,86-80
Michigan squeaks by oers
By KATHY HENNEGHAN
Special to The Daily
MINNEAPOLIS - Michigan.
scored six straight points in thec
last 1:24 in the game here lastI
night to down an inspired Min-
nesota basketball team 86-80 be-j
fore 17,504 fans.
"I'm proud as the devil ofI
my team," said Michigan coachI
Johnny Orr. "We hung in there
and proved we're ,a pretty good
team.
"And it's great to have a guyI
who worked for you have ai
great team, too," said Orr of'
second year Minnesota coach
Jim Dutcher, a former Orr as-
sistant.4
In a must win contest for both
teams, the score was tied at 801
when Steve Grote hit on a long
jump shot from the, corner.1
Gopher guard Ray Williams
then missed a long jumper at'
the other end of the court.
Minny
MICHIGAN
RICKEY GREEN of all peo-
ple, hauled down a key offen-
sive rebound and hurled a full-
court pass to Tom Staton, whosej
layup made it 84-80.I
The Gophers called time out
with one minute on the clock.
Osborne Lockhart brought the
ball upcourt, only to have Grote
pick off a pass intended for
Williams.
The Wolverines worked - at
stalling the game away despite
frantic pressure from Minneso-
ta. Flip Saunders' foul, the
fourth for the Gophers in 26
seconds, sent Green to the line
for a one-and-one shooting situ-
ation.
Green missed his first at-
tempt, but Phil Hubbard snatch-
ed the rebound and threw the
ball back out to resume the
stall with 0:12 remaining.
ON A GROTE ASSIST, Hub
laid the ball in at the buzzer.
Final score: 86-80.1
The win helps Michigan con-
siderably in the conference race.
The Wolverines retain the ibig
Ten lead at 11-1, 18-2 overall.
Second-place Minnesota falls to
7-2, 16-2 overall. The teams
meet again in Ann Arbor 11
days from now.
The game was nip-and-tuck at
the outset, with Michigan event-
ually surging to a ten-point half-
time lead. The Wolverines keyed.
on Gopher center Michaell
Thompson before the intermis-
sion, giving Minnesota the out-I
side shots.
Thompson was held to two
points in the first half, but Wil- I
I
e
1
liams and Saunders hit virtually Minnesota with 20 each. Fresh-
every shot they threw up, most- man Kevin McHale had 18
ly from long range. points, and Lockhart and Saun-
ders both added 10.
IN THE SECOND half, Michi-
gan came out more and pres- FOUL TROUBLE hurt the
sured the outside shots. Thomp- Gophers. By halftinge, Williams
son then scored 18 of his 20 had four fouls, while Thompson
points, and McHale had three each. Not
only were those starters forced
Both teams shot exceptionally to play cautiously, but Minne-
well, Michigan hitting 55 per sota's inferior depth hurt its
cent from the floor to Minneso- showing.
ta's 52 per cent. Hubbard led McHale fouled out with 4:08
3
all scorers with 23 points
lowed by John Robinson
s, fol-
with
remaining and Thompson exited
at 0:19.
20, Green v
and Grote v
Thompson
Women cageT
over Adrian C
with 16, and Staton! Michigan was ontrebounded
with 10 apiece. I for one of the first times this
season, 40-31. Hubbard and Rob-
and Williams paced inson combined for 21 rebounds,
while Thompson and McHale
did the same for the Gophers.
"They killed us on the boards,"
Orr conceded, "but we got a lot
of crucial rebounds. We boarded
about as well as we're going to
board' against a taller lineup."
g ORR SHUFFLED forwards Sta-
ton (6-3) and Joe Thomnson
-ha-ha
MINNESOTA
I - A
Staton
Robinson
Hubbard
Grote
Green
Thompson
Bergen
Baxter
Hardy
Team
FG/A
5-11
8-13
9-11
5-9
8-18
1-2
0-0-
1-1
FT/A R
0-0 2
4-6 11
5-6 10
0-1 23
0-1 1
1-2 1
2-2 0
0-0 0
0-0 1
3
A
4
3,
0
6
8
0
0
2
2I
TP
Tv;Williams
10 , ns
2 !McHale
20 Thompson
Lochart
16 Saunders
3Wii~ey
2 Foszhi
2 Lingenfilter
0 Team
TOTALS
10-7
9-11
10-21
5-12
5-9
1-4
0-0
0-0
39-74
0-0 6
2-3 10
0-0 If
0-0 4
0-0 5
0-0 2
0-0 0
0-0 0
2
2-3 40
4
0
2
a
0
1
0
20
20
10
10
0
0
13
TOTALS 37-67 12-18 31
Halftime score:
86
Foiled out: McHale,
Mike Thompson
I Attendance: 17,504
Michigan 49, Minnesota 39
full court
Frieder crams...
.. Blue passes test
By DON MACLACHLAN
MINNEAPOLIS,
MICHIGAN NEEDED A SUPER EFFORT to beat the Minne-
sota Gophers last night - and it got one.
The Wolverines were ready for the Gophers, and came up
with the best gameyof the year.
"Bill (assistant coach Frieder) did a great job," said Michi-'
gan coach Johnny Orr. "He reviewed tapes of Minnesota all
week to see if he could find any weaknesses. We prepared our
team in one day as well as you can prepare them for a game."
"I devoted a minimum of two hours to Minnesota start-
ing last Monday," Frieder said. "I watched films and called
people so I would know my suggestions for Orr. You know,
we gave up eighty points but we did a hell of a job de-
fensively."
The Wolverine defense excelled. Michigan constantly pres-
sured the Gophers yet only committed 13 fouls in the process.
Minnesota, never in the bonus situation, shot only three free
throws the entire game.
Most of all, though, it was a great team effort for Michigan.
The Wolverines played unselfishly and maintained poise through-
out the game, despite the deafening Gopher partisans.
Phil Hubbard picked up two fouls in the first 2:15 of the game
but didn't commit another personal foul until the second half.
Hubbard limited Minnesota center Michael Thompson to only two
points in the first half. Tom Staton hustled on defense and hit
Hubbard with beautiful passes for layups on several occasions.
John Robinson, who was "super good" according to Orr,
came from nowhere to snare rebounds and tip them in. Steve
Grote hustled and drew fouls in key situations on Gophens
Ray Williams and Kevin McHale.
"It was a great victory with that crowd," Orr said. "Beating
them here was a great task."
The crowd was so loud that on occasion the players couldn't
hear the whistles of the officials.
For example, with 6:49 remaining in the game, Michigan
led 73-70 and was bringing the ball upcourt. Coaches Orr and
Frieder signaled for a time out but the fans were so noisy that
the players could not hear the official's whistle to stop he action.
Gopher Ray Williams stole the ball on an errant Wolverine
pass before an official told him play was dead. The Gopher fans
erupted.
"We knew there were 17,00 people against us; but we had 14
people together on the bench and that is all it took," Staton said.
"There was a lot of stuff on the walls saying that their
players were the best in the country,, so we had something
to prove," Staton added. "We played together."
"'The crowd didn't bother me at all," said Grote, a known
fan irritator. "Hostile crowds turn me on. I wanted to walk off
the floor and have them silent."
Senior Rickey Green was also brilliant, dishing out six as-
sists and netting 16 points. But for Green the game had added
incentive.
The talk around Minnesota is that Williams and Northwest-
ern's Billy McKinney are the two best guards in the conference.
Green, a unanimous All-Big Ten selection last year, supposedly
takes a back seat to this tandem.
"That kind of stuff gets me fired up," said Green. "I don't}
let that stuff bother me as long as I know (who's best)."
"We were rea'ly fired up," said Robinson. "I don't think;
we've been like this all season. This could be the start of some-
thing good."
By MIKE HALPIN its foes 55 to 40. (6-8) to counter Dutcher's line-
Overcoming both the opposi- The Blue offense was hot too. up. When Minnesota used 6-10
tion and the philanthropic ac- F'our players hit double figures, Dave Winey to spell the 6-2 Wil-
tions of its own center, the incl'ding high-scorer Lydia Sims liams, Orr countered with
Michigan women's basketball with 20. All but one Michigan Thompson for board strength.
team (7-7) rolled to a 90-46 vic- player scored.
tory over Adrian College last: "Our fast break worked par- In the aftermath Frieder stood
night at Crisler. tiCularly well," said Michigan up on the team bus coming
Michigan so far outclassed Ad- Coach Carmel Borders. "We back from Williams Arena and
rian that no one really cared were also able to mix and match yelled, "Hey, you guys, we just
when the Blue center, Kathryn our lineup really well;,- this beat the team with the best cen-
Young, put one in for the op- game is the perfect way for us ter (Thompson) and the best
position in the second half. to leave for the Big Ten Tour- guard (Williams) in the coun-
WITH THE SCORE 75-38, nament." try. So it must have been good
Young was fighting for a de- The tournament will be held coaching."
fensive rebound when the ball this weekend at Purdue, and
caromed off her wrist and up then the team returns to host The boos from the back of
into the hoop. The Adrian play- Michigan State on February 14. the bus were deafening.
er closest to the action got - ----------------
credit for the basket.!SPORTS OF TI-FDAJL Y
Young had nothing to -worry;-.
about, however, as she had won
over the fans just one minute
before with an exciting steal 1
the crowd screamed for her to
dunk, the 6'2" sophomore was'
too intent on scoring to think NEW YORK - Former De- ing amateur athlete in the Unit-
about showmanship. troit Tiger pitcher Mickey Lo- ed States in 1976.I
Those were all the fireworks lich informed the New York The Olympic decathlon
for the night as Michigan sim- Mets yesterday that he will not champion, who set a world
ply played solid basketball and report to spring training. record 8,618 points in the
took advantage of its height to "He stated that he liked the gruelling 10-event track and
overpower the visitors. Mets players and the organiza- field test at Montreal last
"Their height was just awe- tion, but he did not want to summer, beat out swimmer
some," said Adrian Coach Nan- spend another season away from John Naber and figure skater
cy Walsh. "It's really rare to his family in Detroit." a spokes- Dorothy Hamill, both also
see tall girls who can also get man for the Mets said. Olympic gold medal winners.
down the floor so quickly." The 36-year-old Lolich was
THE HEIGHT CAME in han- obtained by the Mets one year
dy as Michigan outrebounded ago from the Tigers in ex- Spartans sputter
change for outfielder Rusty IOWA CITY - Bruce King
Staub. He compiled an 8-13
SCO RES recordwith a 3.22 earned run
-----------_ Lolich struck out 120 batters
last season to raise his lifetime
total to 2,799, most among all
MICHIGAN 86, Minnesota 80 left-handed pitchers and fifth on
Iowa 87, Michigan State 79 the all-time list.
Alabama 72, Mississippi 68 tealtm it
Arkansas 76, Tulane 73 *
Florida 80, Tennessee 76 rnlrhnre
Kentucky 97, Florida State 57 Jenner honord
Miami, Ohio 86, EMU 58 LOS ANGELES - Bruce Jen-
Rutgers 90, Duquesene 70 ner expected it, and he got it -
Syracuse 104, Bentley 86
Notre Dame 94, Cincinnati Xavier 63 the James E. Sullivan Meinor-
NllL ial Trophy from the Amateur
Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 4 Athletic Union as the outstand-
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LAST NIGHT IN Minneapolis, the Big Ten giants went to battle and here two of the real
giants square off. Michigan's back-up center Tom Bergen (6-9) looks for an open teammate
while Gopher forward Dave Winey (6-10) watches his every move. The Wolverines prevailed
86-80,' vaulting' them into undisputed possession of the conference leadership.
0
retire
.
I
poured in 36 points - a -season
high in the Big Ten Conferencej
- and grabbed 13 rebounds lastI
night to spark Iowa to an 87-79
conference victory over Michi-
gan State.
King, a 6-foot-8 senior center,
hit 13 of 22 from the field and
added 10 of 12 free throws. j
Freshman guard Ronnie1
Lester added 18 and reserve
Dick Peth 12 fo Iowa, which
moved to 5-4 in the conference
and 13-5 overall.
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